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USA Weightlifting Announces Major Events for Fort Worth

The USA Weightlifting 2024 North American Open Series 2 and Friendship Cup will take place in Fort Worth, Texas, at the Fort Worth Convention Center, the first time the event will be held in the state. The event is expected to bring over 1,200 athletes and will take place from August 29 through September 1, […]

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Great Lakes Sports Commission to Host Hub of Meijer State Games

The Great Lakes Sports Commission will host the northern Michigan hub of the Meijer State Games – Winter Games in Marquette starting in 2024. “The State Games of Michigan was designed to be a Michigan program with a statewide footprint, which we have been excited to expand with the addition of Marquette as a second […]

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The Business of Running Events

World Athletics and Asics to Present Business of Running Events

World Athletics and Asics are partnering to create The Business of Running Events, a new conference for running and trail event industry professionals hosted in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in July 2024. Specific topics include sales training for sponsorship acquisition, marketing with limited resources, how to leverage data as a competitive advantage, how to engage and […]

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EventConnect's Sarah Dyer talks during a programming session at the TEAMS Conference on October 3, 2023 in The Palm Beaches, Florida. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Wick Photography)

EventConnect Names Sarah Dyer as Chief Operating Officer

EventConnect has appointed Sarah Dyer as chief operating officer. Dyer has been with the company for eight years, most recently as senior director of operations since June 2022. “This is so well deserved and we couldn’t be more happy with what Sarah has brought to this company,” said John D’Orsay, chief executive officer of EventConnect. […]

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Bahamas Bowl

Bahamas Bowl Moving to Charlotte’s Jerry Richardson Stadium for 2023

The 2023 Bahamas Bowl has been moved to Jerry Richardson Stadium on the UNC-Charlotte campus due to ongoing renovations at Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. The Bahamas Bowl — a new name will be announced in the coming weeks — is now scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET on December 18. ESPN Events’ Myrtle […]

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The Meetings Show

The Meetings Show Signs Multi-Year Deal with ExCeL

The Meetings Show – the UK’s leading exhibition for the meetings, events, and incentives community – has signed a three-year deal to remain at ExCeL London until 2026. The two-day event, co-located with Business Travel Show Europe and TravelTech Show, has been held at London’s largest events venue since 2021. TEAMS Europe has been held […]

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USA Triathlon Atlantic City

Atlantic City to Host 2024 USA Triathlon Olympic and Sprint-Distance National Championships

Atlantic City, New Jersey, will host the 2024 USA Triathlon Olympic and Sprint-Distance National Championships, the national governing body’s largest annual national championship event. The event is scheduled for September 13–15, 2024, and includes short-course amateur adult triathletes racing for age group national titles. USA Triathlon’s longest-running annual event, the championships typically attract more than […]

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Compete Sports Diversity Playeasy

Compete Sports Diversity Partners With Playeasy

Compete Sports Diversity and Playeasy have announced a partnership that will allow Compete and its event organizations to utilize Playeasy’s digital platform, which supports sports event organizers, destinations, facilities and events around the country. “The partnership and collaboration between Playeasy and Compete Sports Diversity is fantastic,” said John Deffee, vice president of partnerships at Compete […]

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Pinehurst

Pinehurst to Host Six Additional USGA Championships

The United States Golf Association has announced that Pinehurst Country Club in North Carolina will serve as the host for six more USGA championships in the coming years: the 2027 U.S. Women’s Amateur, 2032 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Girls’ Junior, 2038 U.S. Amateur, 2044 U.S. Women’s Amateur and a future U.S. Adaptive Open. The […]

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Rapid City USTA

Rapid City to Host 2025 U.S. Tumbling and Trampoline National Championships

The Rapid City Sports Commission will host the 2025 United States Tumbling and Trampoline National Championships with more than 300 athletes expected to compete. Trampoline is part of the gymnastics discipline that will compete in the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris. The 2025 national championships will be from June 15-21, 2025. “This is the […]

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